Sacramental grace

Sanctifying grace with a title to actual graces; ex opere operato.

The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

In the index as Sacrament · Grace · Obex · Grace gratuitously granted · Sanctifying grace · Dead · Disposition · Fiction · Formless · Reviviscence · Sacraments of the living · Adornment of women · An obstacle in the sacraments · Causality of the sacraments · Christ · Holy Communion · Incorporation in Christ · Increase · Opus operatum · Opus operatum, opus operantis · Regeneration · Sacramental grace · Virtues infused in Baptism

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J.

Vol. II, Bk. II, Chapter I. The Nature of a Sacrament, n. 4 — The sacramental grace which is conferred by the sacraments is habitual or sanctifying grace as directed toward the particular end for which the sacrament from which it flows has been instituted. Together, then, with the … Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. I, Diss. I, Pt. III, Section I. On Grace, nn. 6 & 7 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 7 passages

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. I, Ch. III, Art. I, Namely, Grace, n. ¶14 — Since this article is sufficiently long, for the sake of clarity it is subdivided into three paragraphs: 1. on the production of grace ex opere operato; 2. on the quantity and quality of the grace produced; 3. on the rev… Read in context →

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. I, Ch. III, Art. I, Namely, Grace, § 1. On The Production Of Grace Ex Opere Operato, nn. 35, 36, 37 & 38 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. I, Ch. III, Art. I, Namely, Grace, § 2. On The Quantity And Quality Of The Grace Produced, nn. 39 & 40 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 87 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Chapter I: On the Principal Effect: Grace, n. 29 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Ch. I, Question One: On Grace Cau…, Article I: On Grace Making One Pleasing Caused by the Sacraments, nn. ¶1, 30, 31, 32 & 33 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Ch. I, Question One: On Grace Cau…, Article II: On Special or Sacramental Grace, nn. ¶1, 34, 35, 36 & 37 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Ch. I, Question One: On Grace Cau…, Article III: On the Unequal Grace of the Sacraments, nn. 38, 39 & 40 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Mode by Which the Sacraments Cause Grace, n. 41 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Sacrament…, Third Part: On the Effects…, Ch. I, Question Three: On the Time at Which Grace Is Caused by the Sacraments, nn. ¶1, 56, 57 & 58 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P.

Diss. I, Chapter III — On the sacraments of the new law instituted by Christ, n. XIII — XIII. QUESTION X. What is the efficacy of the sacraments in conferring grace? ANSWER. The Council of Trent, session 7, canon 8, defined these things: If anyone shall say that grace is not conferred by the sacraments of t… Read in context →

The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)

Issued by order of Pope St. Pius V — 8 passages

Pt. II, The Sacraments in General, nn. ¶63, ¶64 & ¶65 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pt. II, The Sacrament of Baptism, nn. ¶109, ¶110, ¶111, ¶112 & ¶113 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Nature of a Sacrament — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)